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 232 THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 48, 49. 1848. shall exceed one thousand words; which fees shall in all eases be paid in advance. Two copying Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That there shall be appointed in Md ¤·=<=°*di¤S manner aforesaid two clerks, to be employed in copying and recording, gggfs whim and in other services in the Patent Office, who shall eaeh bg Paid ,, salary of one thousand two hundred dollars per annum. Fmnking priyi- Sno, 4, And be it further enacted, That the Commissioner of Pa;. ’?g" °f C°"‘"“" ems is hereby authorized to send by mail, free of postage, the annual sioner of Patents. . . ., reports of the Patent Obice, in the same menner in which he is empowered to send letters and packages relating to the business of the Patent Office. Approved, May 27, 1848. May 27, 184·8· Gnu. XLVIII. — An Ant extending Privileges ta American Vessels engaged in a —’_""_"""‘ certain mentioned Trade, and for other Purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the V<·>$S€lS i¤ ’¤h¤ United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall heregffftjggch  after be lawful for any steamship or other vessel, on being duly regiseigh pom, and tered in pursuance of the laws of the United States, to engage in trade
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’the same, with the privilege of touching at one or more foreign ports during the voyage, and land and take in thereat merchandise, passen- Prcviso as to gers and their baggage, and letters, and mails: Provided, That all gangist °f °"' such vessels shall be furnished by the collectors of the ports at which ’ V they shall take in their cargoes in the United States, with certified manifests, setting forth the particulars of the cargoes, the marks, number of packages, by whom shipped, to whom consigned, at what port to be delivered; designating such goods as are entitled to drawback, or to the privilege of being placed in warehouse; and the masters of all such vessels shall, on their arrival at any port of the United States from any foreign port  which such vessel may have touched, as herein provided, conform to the laws providing for the delivery of manifests, of cargo and passengers taken on board at such foreign port, and all other laws regulating the report and entry of vessels from foreign ports, and be subject to all the penalties therein prescribed. p;'T?;l:h€tr;,; SBC. 2. Amt be it further enacted, That all vessels, and their gar- ,,,p,,,,€d,,,,,,,h,s goes, engaged in the trade referred to in this act, shall become subject ect shall bq Spb- to the provisions of existing oolieetjon and revenue laws on arrival in ·];‘ffecQQ’°n°,i‘Q,’f;;‘;€ any port in the United States: Provided, That any foreign goods, venue laws. wares, or merchandise, taken in at one port of the United States, to be _ Pmviso that no conveyed in said vessels to any other port within the same, either under Qpélglljgfgdsllzli the provisions of the warehousing act of sixth August, eighteen hullthe cargoes of dred end forty-six, or under the laws regulating the transportation coastwxse of goods entitled to drawback, as well as any goods, yvares, ing at a gomggn Or merchandise not entitled to drawback, but on which the 1mp0fi port. duties chargeable by law shall have been duly paid, shall not become subject to any import duty by reason of the vessel in which they may arrive having touched at a foreign port during the voyage, in pursuance of the privilege given in this act. Approved, May 27, 1848. May 9.7, 1848. Cup; XLIX.—.£ln Ae: explanatory of the Act entitled HA" ./{et to raise,f¢¤‘ “ thmtted Tome, (177. additional Military Force, and fur other Purposes," ¤7’PT”“d eleventh February, ezghteen hundred and forty-seven. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the `°“;hic ngall be United States of America in Congress assembled, That U18 $6Tm U Wm' ` " ‘ °'° ““ tives," as used in the ninth section of the ac; entitled "An Act to rmsé,